Swiss Open 2019: Parupalli Kashyap misses Saina as he plays on Titlis and she skips event due to illness

While Saina Nehwal will miss Swiss Open due to illness, Parupalli Kashyap enjoyed playing exhibition game on Mount Titlis. (Photo: AFP/Twitter/ Parupalli Kashyap)

Parupalli Kashyap visited Mount Titlis in Switzerland Mount Titlis in Switzerland to play an exhibition game of badminton for Swiss Open 2019. Kashyap alongwith B Sai Praneeth played a doubles badminton exhibition match as a part of the promotion campaign alongside Switzerland’s athlete Sabrina Jacques and Swiss para-athlete Karin Suter-Erath.

The two shuttlers along with several other Indian players are in the country to participate in the ongoing 2019 Swiss open, which will conclude on March 17. The match was played on an outdoor badminton court constructed at a height of 10,000 feet. In a video posted by Switzerland Tourism, Kashyap can be seen on a cable car along with Praneeth where he also admitted that he was missing his wife, Saina Nehwal.

“I am excited and thrilled to be playing badminton on Mount Titlis, that too 10,000 ft above sea level. It was a unique experience and a lot of fun to be able to play badminton in one of the most spectacular Bollywood venues. The view is breathtaking, and I am missing Saina. She would have loved being here,” said Kashyap, who got married to fellow shuttler last December.

India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has been advised hospitalisation after being diagnosed with ‘acute gastroenteritis’ which forced her to pull out of the ongoing Swiss Open Badminton Championship in Basel, Switzerland.

The Hyderabadi shared the news on her personal Instagram handle and said that she will be taking a break on the doctor’s advice to get admitted to the hospital for further treatment.

Saina wrote, “So some sad news .. was really going through acute stomach pain from last Monday.. managed to play few matches in All England with lot of pain … and decided to skip swiss open and come back to India and find out the issue… I found out it’s Acute Gastroenteritis with mild pancreatitis and the doctors have recommended me to get admitted and hopefully I recover soon out of it…,” she added.